Doctor plans to treat mold illness

ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) - A Roswell doctor is giving up his family practice to treat people who've been sickened by mold. He got the idea after seeing a dramatic increase in the number of patients suffering from mold infection, the majority of whom spent a lot of time at Goddard High School.

Goddard High has had a problem with mold in the past. Now Dr. Scott McMahon, who's been practicing medicine in Roswell for 18 years, plans to open his own clinic treating only patients suffering from mold sickness.

Symptoms can include:

• Extreme fatigue
• Severe headaches
• Nausea
• Brain Fog-cloudy thoughts, forgetfulness, and confusion

Mold can accumulate anywhere there is water. Most of his patients have a genetic predisposition to getting some form of mold sickness. McMahon can test for that predisposition with a simple blood test, and the infection can be treated.

He said he's treated 34 patients with proven lab tests who've attended Goddard. He plans to treat others and anyone else who think they might be sick after being exposed to any type of mold.

McMahon's practice will open in February.